#BC5E2C#BC5E2C

#BC5E2C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.136 H 46.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E2C
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 44)
HSL	hsl(21, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(21, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.55, 34.36, 44.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.55, 56.29, 52.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% 0.0946 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.136 46.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1988, 18.8817, 4.6999)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E2C #2C8ABC

analogous

#BC2C42 #BC5E2C #BCA62C

triadic

#BC5E2C #2CBC5E #5E2CBC

tetradic

#BC5E2C #42BC2C #2C8ABC #A62CBC

square

#BC5E2C #42BC2C #2C8ABC #A62CBC

split-complementary

#BC5E2C #2CBCA6 #2C42BC

monochromatic

#592C15 #8A4520 #BC5E2C #D67E4F #E1A281

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BC5E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BC5E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E2C

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E2C	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F802A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.136 46.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78d68',
    500: '#bc5e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e2c;
$custom-light: #d78d68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.833,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58654,
    "c": 0.13641,
    "h": 46.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E2C

secondary

#79AECA

accent

#ADE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E2C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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